At the end of the dirt track is the township of Coober Pedy. This town is famous for being the Opal capital of Australia and potentially the world. Due to the hot and dry weather, the miners however started to live underground and still do. To share the experience, we stayed one night underground as well. Beside the Opal rush and underground living, it is a rather sad and depressing place and only worth a short stop.
From there, we drove a short distance of approx. 350km past lots of salt lakes to Woomera, which is a old Army town. In the area of Woomera, the Army and Navy did test rocket launches and weapon testing in the 70's - 90's before abandoning the place. These days the town is nearly empty, however plenty of well maintained barracks and government housing.
At the camp ground we met an Austrian couple which is touring around the world on a motorbike, and we thought we have only limited space!!
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